mistress

英 [ˈmɪstrəs]

美 [ˈmɪstrəs]

n. 情妇; (尤指私立学校的)女教师; (尤指旧时雇用仆人的)女主人，主妇

复数：mistresses　

Collins.2 / BNC.4800 / COCA.7187

牛津词典

noun

情妇
a man's (usually a married man's) mistress is a woman that he is having a regular sexual relationship with and who is not his wife
（尤指私立学校的）女教师
a female teacher in a school, especially a private school
1. the Biology mistress
  生物学女教师
（尤指旧时雇用仆人的）女主人，主妇
(in the past) the female head of a house, especially one who employed servants
1. the mistress of the house
  这房子的女主人
（狗或其他动物的）女主人
the female owner of a dog or other animal
有权势的女子；女能人；女强人；女主宰
a woman who is in a position of authority or control, or who is highly skilled in sth
1. She wants to be mistress of her own affairs (= to organize her own life) .
  她希望自己的事自己作主。

N-COUNT 情妇
A married man'smistressis a woman who is not his wife and with whom he is having a sexual relationship.
1. She was his mistress for three years...
  她曾做过他3年的情妇。
2. He has a wife and a mistress.
  他有妻子，还有一个情妇。
N-COUNT 女教师
Amistressis a female teacher.
1. My history mistress was extremely helpful.
  教我历史的那位女老师特别乐于助人。
N-COUNT 女主人
A servant'smistressis the woman that he or she works for.
1. It must be really bad, for her to ignore a summons from her mistress!
  她居然不听女主人的使唤，实在是太不像话了！
N-COUNT (狗的)女主人
A dog'smistressis the woman or girl who owns it.
1. The huge wolfhound danced in circles around his mistress.
  这条大狼犬围着女主人蹦蹦跳跳地绕圈子。
N-UNCOUNT 绝对控制…的女人；主宰…的女人
If a woman ismistressof a situation, she has complete control over it.
1. She had always been mistress of her own destiny.
  她总是能够掌握自己的命运。
N-COUNT (精通某项活动的)女能手，女行家
If you say that a woman is amistress ofa particular activity, you mean that she is very skilled at it.
1. She is a mistress of disguise.
  她是伪装的高手。
2. ...another winner from the mistress of historical romance.
  来自这位历史爱情小说知名女作家又一部必定大受欢迎的作品

noun

a woman master who directs the work of others
an adulterous woman
Synonym:kept womanfancy woman
a woman schoolteacher (especially one regarded as strict)
Synonym:schoolmarmschoolma'amschoolmistress

My work became my mistress.
我的工作成了我的伴侣。
Is your mistress at home?
你的女主人在家吗？
The mistress of the house reluctantly installed the two refugees in a spare room.
女主人很不情愿地把两个难民安置在一个空闲的房间里。
I became his mistress in despair.
绝望之下我当了他的情妇。
I hope I have n't hurried you, george, said his mistress.
“我希望我没有赶落你，乔治，”他的女主人说。
Remarkably, he fathered four children with his mistress and eight children with his wife.
值得一提的是，他和情人生育了4名子女，和妻子生育了8名子女。
Therefore, my only master and my only mistress are the facts and objectivity.
因此，我唯一的硕士和我唯一的情妇都是事实性和客观性。
I mean, I'm like your mistress.
我的意思是，我像你的情妇。
'Who was your mistress?' I asked.
你的女主人是谁？我问。
You killed all the witnesses inluding the guards and his mistress.
你杀了所有的证人，包括警卫和他的女人。